Something incredibly wonderful happens : Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up /

Something incredibly wonderful happens : Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up /

As a young man Frank Oppenheimer followed in his famous brother's footsteps--growing up in a privileged Manhattan household, becoming a physicist, working on the atomic bomb. Tragically, Frank and Robert both had their careers destroyed by the Red Scare, but their paths diverged. While Robert d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, K. C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Subjects:
Oppenheimer, Frank, > 1912-1985.
Physicists > United States > Biography.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • Palace of delights
  • A little royal family
  • The uncle of the atom bomb
  • Un-American
  • Exile
  • An intellectual desert--and a library of experiments
  • A museum dedicated to awareness
  • A decent respect for taste
  • The man with the gold-rimmed glasses
  • The sentimental fruits of science
  • The anarch
  • The world he made up
  • Coda : living a fruitful life.